†Ithacadictya Caster 1939 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae
Full reference: K.E. Caster. 1939. Siliceous Sponges from Mississippian and Devonian Strata of the Penn-York Embayment. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):1-20
Parent taxon: Prismodictyinae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dictyophyton, Dictyophytra, Helicodictya, Norfordia, Prismodictya, Tiddalickia, Ursaspongia
Subtaxa: Ithacadictya cornelli
Type: Ithacadictya cornelli
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hungerford Quarry (Devonian of New York)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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